JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019

Kalamazoo College

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Economics and Business
Assistant Professor of Economics

JOE ID Number: 2018-02_111461413
Date Posted: 10/19/2018
Date Inactive: 01/31/2019
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Assistant Professor of Economics
Section: US: Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: D0 -- General
Salary Range: Competitive
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Kalamazoo College seeks applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level in Economics beginning in late August 2019. We are looking for candidates with teaching experience in principles, intermediate microeconomics, and an area in applied microeconomics that will allow the candidate to contribute to the concentration in Environmental Studies. The successful candidate is expected to add to the depth and breadth of the department’s course offerings, as well as to the College’s “Shared Passages” core curriculum.

Salary is competitive and consistent with level of experience. Teaching expectation is six courses per year (2-2-2, in three terms). Ph.D. (or evidence of imminent completion) is required. The successful candidate must demonstrate a high aptitude for and interest in undergraduate teaching, a commitment to the liberal arts, a promise of scholarly excellence, and a desire to involve undergraduates in scholarship both inside and outside the classroom.

Kalamazoo College is a highly selective nationally known liberal arts college, offering an integrated undergraduate experience that weaves a traditional liberal arts curriculum into educational experiences in both domestic and international settings. The campus is located midway between Chicago and Detroit/Ann Arbor in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a metropolitan community of 335,000, which supports several college and university campuses along with numerous civic arts and cultural associations. Thirty-five miles from Lake Michigan, the area offers many opportunities for outdoor activities.

Completed applications received by November 15, 2018, will receive full consideration, with later applications reviewed as needed until the position is filled. The department plans to interview at the ASSA meetings in Atlanta. Kalamazoo College encourages candidates who will contribute to the cultural diversity of the College to apply and to identify themselves if they wish. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants should upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, detailed statement of teaching philosophy and goals, description of scholarly interests, statement on experience working with underrepresented students and engaging issues of diversity and inclusion in the curriculum and pedagogical approaches, and graduate transcript (unofficial acceptable) in PDF format at https://www.kzoo.edu/search/economics/. Please have three confidential letters of recommendation sent in PDF format to EconomicsSearch@kzoo.edu.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
Application deadline: 11/15/2018